King James Version

Psalms 129:7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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שֶׁלֹּ֤אshelowho no , -r,לֹאparticle, relative, particle, negative — “who no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…מִלֵּ֖אmilebe at an endמָלֵאverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…כַפּ֥וֹkhapvohand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.קוֹצֵ֗רqotsermuch discouragedקָצַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “much discouraged”, a verb used as a describing wordH7114to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)[idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.וְחִצְנ֥וֹvechitsnvoand bosomחֵצֶןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bosom”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2683the bosom (as comprised between the arms)bosom.מְעַמֵּֽרmeamerbind sheavesעָמַרverb, piel, participle, absolute — “bind sheaves”, a verb used as a describing wordH6014to gather grainbind sheaves, make merchandise of.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:

Young’s Literal Translation

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

World English Bible

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

Darby Translation

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

Douay-Rheims

Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ θερίζων, καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα συλλέγων.